“And there you see what happens to the promises of eternal love which we women are foolish enough to believe! The more affectionate we are, the more likely it is that our seducers will desert us...the unfeeling brutes...the more we try to keep them, the greater the chance that they will abandon us.”
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Marquis de Sade, born on June 2, 1740, and died on December 2, 1814, was a prominent French philosopher and writer of the 18th century. He is known for his profound reflections on freedom, morality, and human behavior. more
“to be loved, was just to be watched”
“Intimacy reveals gentleness in brutes and brutality in gentlemen.”
“I hated being imprisoned in my own home, my wolf hated it.”
“I prefer male enemies to female ones; I can survive a dog’s bite better than a scorpion’s sting.”
“More women would be feminists but we spotted the haircuts before we joined”
“Authenticity and honesty can be awkward and uncomfortable.”